My Imaginary Friends Screenplay

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My Imaginary Friends Original Screenplay by Jason Wiese

FADE IN

INT. BERNIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

HALLWAY

The school bell rings between classes signifying the end of

Soon after the bell rings, the hallway is filled with kids

between the ages of eleven through fourteen years old.

Within the mix are some boys throwing a football back and

forth to each other, and theres also a few groups of girls

walking together gossiping with each other.

The last kid to leave one of the classrooms is BERNIE, a

cute, short, but very awkward eleven year old sixth-grader

with hair slicked to the side, wide eyes and coke-bottle

glasses.

Hes struggling to carry several books to his locker. Once

he gets to his locker, he notices his longtime crush,

BEATRICE, standing a few lockers down.

Beatrice is a tall skinny girl whose beauty is hidden

behind her braces, bad hair, wide eyes and coke-bottle

glasses. By all traditional definitions, she is awkward as

well.

Nervously, Bernie opens his locker and checks himself out

in the mirror hanging on the door inside.

He smiles in the mirror to check out his teeth and he

notices a piece of lettuce stuck in between one of them so

he picks it out.

As hes concentrating on his teeth, a kid walks by him and

says something derogatory in his direction without losing

stride.

STUDENT #1

Hey dork.

Next Bernie gently blows into the mirror and takes a deep

breath so he can check out his breath.

Another kid walks by him and says something.


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STUDENT #2

Whats up dork?

Bernie is so used to this behavior that he doesnt even

realize people are saying anything to him.

BERNIE

(to himself)

Teeth are sparkling, breath smells

goodtime to make my move.

Bernie grabs a stack of books for his next class, closes

his locker and approaches Beatrice.

Bernie tries his hardest to act suavely but it just comes

off geeky and he becomes increasingly nervous.

BERNIE

Sooo Beatrice, how are you this

fine day?

BEATRICE

Im good.

BERNICE

(nervously)

You know, ummmm, the Fall dance is,

ummmm, coming up this weekend and I

just was, ahhh, wondering if youd,ummmm, like to go with me?

BEATRICE

You want me to go with you?

BERNIE

Yeah, itd, ummm, be swell. My mom

could pick you up in her Volvo

station wagon, its quite the ride.

BEATRICEBernie I cant go.

BERNIE

Oh do you have pre-existing plans

for that night?

BEATRICE

Oh no, Ill be at the dance. I

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BEATRICE (contd)

wouldnt miss it. I just meant

that I cant go with you.

BERNIE

(sadly)

Ohhh, I guess I understand. Well

maybe you can save a dance for me?

I do a mean cha-cha; my mom taught

it to me once.

BEATRICE

Maybe I will, but I cant promise

you one.

BERNIE

Yeah I know, there will be a lot

of guys there and you cant dance

with everyone. Hopefully Ill be

one of the lucky ones.

BEATRICE

I have to run off to class now.

Beatrice politely brushes him off because shes not really

in a rush to leave her locker.

BERNIE

Right, I got you. So, Ill see youlater.

Bernie walks away dejected, his head slung down low.

As he walks down the hall, he gets tripped by the notorious

SCHOOL BULLY, a tough-looking fourteen year old kid.

Bernie falls face down on the floor, his books scatter

everywhere and his glasses fall off his face.

Everyone in the hall laughs at his misfortune.

SCHOOL BULLY

Ohhh, Bernard falls down and go

boom. Whats the matter, you having

problems walking?

Bernie struggles to find his glasses and get up.


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SCHOOL BULLY

(menacingly)

Here buddy, let me help you.

The school bully picks up one of his notebooks, opens it

up, rips out a handful of pages that have already been

written on and throws them across the hallway.

After that, he has a big hearty laugh.

SCHOOL BULLY

Come on boys, lets skip next

period.

The school bully walks away with three of his friends, all

tough-looking punks as well.

The school bell rings signifying the next period is

starting.

As kids go back to walking down the hallway, some of them

kick Bernies notebooks and school books around.

Bernie finally finds his glasses and puts them on. Then he

gets to his knees and scrambles to collect his school books

and notebooks.

Beatrice, who was watching all this go down by her locker,

feels bad and approaches him.

She gets down on her knees and helps him collect his books.

BEATRICE

Are you OK, Bernie?

BERNIE

(frustrated)

Dont worry. I got everything,

you dont have to worry about

little old me.

BEATRICE

I want to help though.

BERNIE

(frustrated)

No, thats OK. What are you

going to do? Pick up my Algebra

book then just take it with you?


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BEATRICE

Bernie, you know Im not like

that.

BERNIE

(looks directly at her)

Youre all like that.

Bernie finally collects all his things then grabs the lone

book in Beatrices hands and walks off.

Beatrice is left in the middle of the hallway by herself.

BEATRICE

(to herself)

Im sorry Bernie.

EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET BY SCHOOL DAY

After school, Bernie is walking down the street looking

totally dejected. Hes sluggish and he constantly looks

down at the ground as he walks.

Up ahead of Bernie, a front yard is being watered with a

sprinkler which causes a puddle to form in the road.

As Bernie gets to the sidewalk in front of the house, a car

comes speeding by, runs through the puddle and splashes

Bernie. He gets soaked.

Bernie stops for a moment to fix his hair and wipe the

water off his books then he continues on like nothing

happened.

Once he gets to a cross street, he sees Beatrice walking

towards him from the other street.

He continues walking, pretending like he doesnt notice

her.

He crosses the street before Beatrice is able to get to the

corner. She ends up crossing the street and walking about

ten feet behind Bernie on the sidewalk.

She calls out to him.

BEATRICE

Bernie! Bernie!


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Bernie ignores her and keeps walking.

Beatrice speeds up until she catches him and she taps him

on the back.

BEATRICE

Bernie!

Bernie stops walking and turns around. Hes still

embarrassed from earlier in the day so hes looking at the

ground and not directly at her.

BERNIE

(softly)

What?

BEATRICE

Whats wrong Bernie?

BERNIE

What do you think? I get picked on

all the time at school.

BEATRICE

Ohhh those kids dont know any better.

Theyre not good people. You are

though.

BERNIESo why wont you go to the Fall dance

with me?

BEATRICE

(sighs)

Ohhh Bernice. Its complicated.

BERNICE

How complicated could it be?

BEATRICEYou wouldnt understand.

BERNICE

Why wouldnt I? Im smart.

BEATRICE

I know you are, but its difficult

to explain.

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BEATRICE (contd)

Its just thatits just that I

dont think itd be good for me

at school if I showed up with you.

No offense and its nothing personal.

BERNIE

(dejectedly)

None taken.

BEATRICE

I just dont want to be made fun of

more than I already am. Id like

to be considered popular, just like

you would too.

Bernie continues walking followed closely by Beatrice.

BERNIE

Who says I want to be popular? I

like me just the way I am.

BEATRICE

I do too, but come on, doesnt every-

one want to be popular?

BERNIE

I suppose most people do.

BEATRICE

So you see what Im saying?

BERNIE

So you get made fun of too?

BEATRICE

All the time. Girls are brutal,

probably more so than boys.

BERNIEReally?

Bernie slows down so that he and Beatrice are walking side

by side now.

BEATRICE

Oh yeah, for sure. The worst is

before and after gym class.


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BERNIE

(inquisitively)

What do they say?

BEATRICE

Ohhh, the usual. They call me four

eyes and make fun of my braces. I

dont know what they want me to do,

I need to see and I want straight

teeth.

BERNIE

I know what you mean.

BEATRICE

Plus Im not really athletically

gifted; they always target me

first at dodge ball and Im

always picked last in class.

BERNIE

Thats only because you dont have

gym class with me.

Bernie and Beatrice stop in front of Beatrices house.

BEATRICE

Well, heres my house.

BERNIE

Are you sure you dont want to go

to the dance with me? It sounds

like we have a lot in common.

BEATRICE

Im sorry Bernie, youre a nice

kid, but I just cant.

BERNIE

(dejectedly)OK.

BEATRICE

Get home safe.

Beatrice playfully skips across her front yard and into her

house.


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Bernie continues walking down the street, his head is slung

low again and he just looks at the ground as he walks.

INT. BERNIES HOUSE

LIVING ROOM

Bernie walks into the house and places his backpack on the

floor right by the door.

His 3 year old younger brother, ANDY, is sitting in the

living room entranced by whatever hes watching on TV and

doesnt acknowledge him.

Bernie walks through the living room into the

KITCHEN

Where his MOTHER is busy preparing dinner.

Shes got her back turned to him as shes reaching up into

a cabinet to grab a box, but nevertheless she hears him

enter.

BERNIES MOM

Hey sugarplum, how was school

today?

Bernie, still dejected, doesnt answer, or evenacknowledge, her and continues walking through the kitchen

without hesitation.

BERNIES BEDROOM

Bernie enters his bedroom and shuts the door behind him.

He sits down on the edge of his bed and looks down at the

floor. He starts sniffling and a couple of tears fall down

his cheek.

He looks up at a bunch of stuffed animals sitting on a

chair by his bed.

Looking directly at three stuffed animals in particular a

dog (Murray), a teddy bear (Theodore) and an African

elephant (Mr. Elephant) - he addresses them specifically.


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BERNIE

(sniffling)

Theodore, Murray, Mr. Elephant,

you guys are my only friends.

(pauses)

Why do I always get picked on?

(pauses)

Why am I so different from the

other kids? I dont mean to be,

and I dont want to be, I just am.

(pauses)

I wish I wasnt picked on, you

know what I mean?

(pauses)

At least you guys are always there

for me and youd never hurt me.

Bernie lies down on his bed to try to fall asleep. He is

still a little bit teary-eyed but after a few moments his

eyelids start getting heavier and heavier.

Just as he is about to fall asleep there is a knock on the

door. His mom and dad enter the room before hearing a

response from Bernie.

BERNIES MOM

Hi Bernie!

BERNIES DADHows it going champ?

Bernies mom is hiding something behind her back.

BERNIES MOM

Your dad and I talked and we thought

itd be a good idea to give you an

early birthday present.

Bernie perks up and sits up on his bed.

BERNIE

Oh yeah! What is it?

BERNIES MOM

We went to Toys R Us the other day

and asked them whats the hottest

new video game out for kids right

now. And you know what they said?


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Bernies mom unveils whats behind her back and gives him

the video game.

BERNIES MOM (contd)

The Chronicles of Prince Valor.

A huge smile covers Bernies face.

BERNIE

(excitedly)

The Chronicles of Prince Valor?!?

The Chronicles of Prince Valor!?!

Awesome!

Bernie takes the game and hugs his mom and dad.

BERNIE

Thanks mom! Thanks dad!

BERNIES DAD

Ohhh, youre welcome son!

BERNIE

Im going to play this right now.

Bernie stands up, runs over to his TV and turns it on. He

fumbles around with the video game packaging to try to open

it up.

He finally manages to open up the video game after a little

bit and he pops it into his game console.

Once he does that, he grabs his controller and sits down on

the floor only a few feet away from the TV.

BERNIES MOM

Well Bernie, I hope you enjoy the

game.

Bernie is still beaming from ear to ear.

BERNIE

I will, I will!

Bernies dad walks over to Bernie and pats him on the head.

BERNIES DAD

Have fun son.


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Bernies parents walk out of the room.

Bernie starts up the game and is immediately in awe of all

the graphics. His eyes grow even wider than they already

are.

BERNIE

Whoooaaa.

LATER ON AT NIGHT

Bernie is still playing the video game in the darkness of

his room. The only light is coming from the glow of the

TV.

He is still practically entranced with playing the game.

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

(yells)

Bernie! Dinnertime!

Bernie is so engrossed in the game that he doesnt even

hear his mom.

After a few seconds she shouts out to him again.

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

(yells)

Bernie! Dinner!

BERNIE

Im busy! Can I eat my dinner up

here tonight?

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

I guess, if youd like.

LATER ON

Bernie is still sitting in the same place playing his videogame. Besides him is a near empty dinner plate.

Without skipping a beat in his game, Bernie eats the

remaining few forkfuls of food from his plate and finishes

off his dinner. All the while his eyes barely move off the

TV.


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LATER ON

Bernie is still immersed in his video game.

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

(yells)

Bernie, its time for bed!

BERNIE

Five more minutes mom!

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

OK, but only five minutes.

BERNIE

Thanks mom.

LATER ON

While Bernie is still playing his game, his mom knocks on

his door and walks into the room.

Noticing that the only light in the room is coming from the

TV, she immediately turns on a lamp.

BERNIES MOM

Bedtime Bernie.

BERNIE(sadly)

But mom.

BERNIES MOM

No buts this time mister. You asked

for five minutes and I was nice

enough to give you ten. Its past

eleven oclock.

BERNIE

OK, OK, Ill stop for the night.

Even though Bernie said hell stop he continues playing,

trying to get in every last second of action.

Frustrated, Bernies mom stands right in front of the TV to

block his view.

BERNIES MOM

Bernard.


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BERNIE

Mom!

Bernie tries to shift so that he can look around his mom to

continue playing but it doesnt work out so well.

BERNIES MOM

Youve played enough today.

Bernie gives up and shuts off the game and TV.

BERNIE

(dejectedly)

Fine.

Bernie stands up, marches over to his bed and gets in it.

Bernies mom tucks him in.

BERNIES MOM

Good night son.

BERNIE

Good night mom.

BERNIES MOM

I love you.

BERNIEI love you too mom.

Bernies mom kisses him on the forehead then collects his

dinner plate from the floor, turns off the light so that

its now pitch dark in the room and walks out.

NEXT MORNING BERNIES BEDROOM

Bernie is sleeping peacefully in his bed when suddenly his

mom yells out to him.

BERNIES MOM (O.S.)

(yells)

Bernie! Time to wake up for

school.

Bernie wakes up, rubs his eyes, stretches in bed then gets

up and immediately walks over to his TV.


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He turns on his TV, sits back down in the same place he was

sitting in the previous day and continues playing his video

game.

LATER ON

Bernie is still playing his game when his mother walks into

his room. Shes shocked to see him not ready for school

and playing his video game instead.

BERNIES MOM

Bernard! You need to go to school

right now! Youre not even dressed?

BERNIE

OK, OK, Im going. Give me two

minutes.

BERNIES MOM

Hurry up or youll miss your bus

and I cant drive you to school

this morning.

Bernie shuts down his game, stands up and turns off his TV.

BERNIE

Im going, Im going.

INT. BERNIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CLASSROOM

Bernie is sitting in the middle of a classroom filled with

fellow sixth grade students.

The older, gray-haired female teacher at the front of the

room is teaching math in a relatively boring style.

All the while, Bernie is doodling in his notebook.

MATH TEACHER

Class, today were going to learn

about the exciting world of

percentages.

The teacher turns to the chalkboard and starts writing on

it.


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INT. BERNIES HOUSE

LIVING ROOM

Bernie walks into his house after school and puts his

backpack down right besides the front door.

Again, his brother, Andy, is sitting in the living room

entranced by whatever hes watching on TV and doesnt

acknowledge him.

Bernie walks through the living room into the

KITCHEN

Where his mom is busy preparing dinner.

Shes got her back turned to him as shes cutting up

vegetables by the sink, but nevertheless she hears him

enter.

BERNIES MOM

Hey sugarplum, how was school

today?

On this day, Bernie actually answers her.

BERNIE

It was fine mom.

BERNIES MOM

Would you like a snack?

BERNIE

No time, I have to continue playing

The Chronicles of Prince Valor.

Without slowing down, Bernie walks right through the

kitchen.

BERNIES BEDROOM

Bernie enters his room and shuts the door behind him.

He turns his TV on, starts up the video game and sits down

on the floor in the same spot that hes been sitting in

when hes played the game before.

He immediately gets engrossed in playing the game again.


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LATER ON

With dinner plates stacked up next to him, Bernie continues

to play the game at night in darkness, with the only light

in the room again emanating from the TV.

KITCHEN

Beatrices mom and dad are in the kitchen cleaning the

dishes.

BERNIES MOM

Hes been playing that video game

nonstop, all week. Should we be

worried?

BERNIES DAD

(laughs)

No, not at all. This is what boys

do. We should be excited. I

havent seen him this happy in a

long time.

BERNIES MOM

Youre right. Its so good to see

him with a smile on his face.

LATER ON

BERNIES BEDROOM

Bernie is still sitting in front of his TV playing the

video game. He is nearing the end of game.

VIDEO GAME

Bernie is on the final stage. Controlling the Prince

character, hes fighting a dragon, dodging the fire from

his breath and jumping around to avoid him until he finally

nails it with a sword that hes thrown.

The dragon falls off a bridge and the cage that he was

guarding behind him opens up and a princess is released

from it.

The princess runs out of the cage and immediately hugs the

prince that so bravely got rid of the dragon and set her

free.


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BERNIES BEDROOM

A wide smile covers Bernies face when he realizes hes

beat the game.

BERNIE

(softly to himself)

Yeah! Wow!

Then the realization sets in that since hes beat the game,

he has nothing else to do now. So he begins to doze off in

front of the TV, bobbing his head uncontrollably in the

process.

LATER ON

Bernie is lying down sleeping in front of his TV while its

still on.

His parents quietly enter his room. His dad picks him up

and carries him over to his bed. Bernie mumbles in his

sleep as hes being carried.

Once his dad lays him down, his mom tucks him in. Then she

grabs his stuffed animal, Theodore, from the nearby chair

and gives it to Bernie.

Bernie instinctively hugs Theodore.

BERNIE

(barely awake)

Mom?

BERNIES MOM

(whispers)

Shhhh. Good night my love.

As he holds Theodore tightly in his arms, Bernies eyelids

get heavy again and he falls back asleep while looking at

his other favorite stuffed animals Murray and Mr.Elephant on the chair close by.

Bernies mom walks out of the room as Bernies dad turns

off the TV, leaves the room as well and closes the door

behind him.

The room turns pitch black and Bernie begins to have a

vivid dream about the video game that hes just beaten.


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EXT. PRINCE VALORS CASTLE, MEDIEVAL TIMES DUSK

With the sun going down behind the castle, a series of

guards march up a bridge and through the front gate.

INT. PRINCE VALORS CASTLE

LARGE READING ROOM

PRINCE VALOR, an eleven year old who looks and sounds

exactly like Bernie but is dressed in regal attire, is

sitting in front of a fireplace reading a book.

Suddenly, theres the sound of barking in the distance.

The barking gets closer and closer until his faithful

servant, MURRAY, a small Jack Russell terrier, runs into

the room and up to Prince Valor.

MURRAY

Prince Valor! Prince Valor!

Prince Valor stands up to see what the commotion is about.

PRINCE VALOR

What is it buddy?

MURRAY

Its Princess Adorable.

PRINCE VALOR

What happened?

MURRAY

I was outside, all the way down by

the apple orchid giving myself my

usual evening walk when I saw the

evil dragon from Gloomy Glen enter.

PRINCE VALOR

Whats he doing in this part ofthe kingdom?

MURRAY

I dont know. But it gets worse.

Princess Adorable was in there

picking apples.


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PRINCE VALOR

(sadly)

Ohhh no, Prince Adorable.

MURRAY

The dragon took her and flew away.

PRINCE VALOR

(shocked)

What?

MURRAY

Shes gone. He picked her up in

his claws and flew away. I guess

back to his dungeon.

PRINCE VALOR

Oh no. This is terrible. Princess

Adorable is so sweet and innocent.

MURRAY

We have to alert the king!

PRINCE VALOR

We cant. Dont you remember that

he and my mom set sail for the Land

of Enchantment today to negotiate a

trade agreement?

MURRAY

OK, then its up to us.

PRINCE VALOR

What do you mean?

MURRAY

The only way well get the princess

back and returned to her rightful

place at the Castle of Virtue is

if we confront the dragon.

PRINCE VALOR

Then Ill notify the guards and they

can assemble a team to squash the

dragon.

Prince Valor tries to walk out of the room but is stopped

by Murray who bites down on his ankle.


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PRINCE VALOR

Owww! That hurt Murray!

MURRAY

Prince Valor, according to legend

only a person with royal bloodlines

has the inner strength to confront

and battle the dragon of Gloomy

Glen. Anyone else that confronts

him will met an almost certain

demise.

PRINCE VALOR

(in awe)

Whoa! Really?

MURRAY

Yes. We need to do this, you and

me.

PRINCE VALOR

How about if I assemble a team of

guards to go with us?

MURRAY

Sir, you know the guards will never

let you go on a mission this

dangerous. The king would have

their heads if he knew theyd allowyou to get into harms way.

(pauses)

We need to do this, together.

Prince Valor starts pacing around the room and wringing his

hands nervously.

PRINCE VALOR

(worriedly)

Ohhh, I dont know about this.

Murray follows behind him back and forth as he paces around

the room.

MURRAY

What dont you know about? Shes

a princess, youre a prince.

You have to save her. Its your

destiny.


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PRINCE VALOR

I suppose. But that dragon lives

on the other side of the kingdom,

in a dark, distant land. They

say the sun never shines there and

the water breathes fire. And I

havent even talked about the

dragon himself yet.

(rubs his head in

distress)

Ohhh boy, hes one scary fella.

MURRAY

Thats true but you can do it

Prince Valor.

PRINCE VALOR

My dad doesnt even let me cross

the River of Purity and its only

down the road from the castle,

just over the hill.

MURRAY

Prince Valor, Im your faithful

servant. Im old and wise, 28

in dog years. Ill protect you.

PRINCE VALOR

Still, its awfully dangerousout there.

MURRAY

That may be so, but you can do

this. I have an unbelievable

amount of faith in you. All you

have to do is muster up all that

courage that I know you have inside

you. Focus that courage on the

one mission at hand to defeat

the dragon and bring the youngprincess home unharmed. You can

do this. I believe in you, now

you just need to believe in

yourself.

Prince Valor continues pacing around the room silently as

he thinks.

After a few moments, he stops and looks down at Murray.


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PRINCE VALOR

OK, Ill do it!

Murray barks in excitement.

MURRAY

Thats the spirit! Whats our

plan?

The prince walks over to a large table towards the opposite

side of the room, away from the fireplace. He clears

everything off of the table, grabs a map from the corner of

the room and spreads it out on the table.

Murray jumps up on a chair to get a better view.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, so this is a map of the entire

kingdom.

MURRAY

Is it to scale?

PRINCE VALOR

No, no it is not.

The prince points to two places on the map, directly

opposite each other.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, we are hereand the dragon

lives over here.

As he looks at the map on the table, the prince looks like

a General planning a military battle.

MURRAY

Ill admit it. It looks far away.

With his finger, the prince traces a route from the castleto the dragons dungeon on the other side of the kingdom.

PRINCE VALOR

I think this is the best route.

Itll take us by the town square,

through a forest, across the plains

and finally to the dark land of

the dragon.

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PRINCE VALOR (contd)

Yeah, I think thats our best

path. What do you think?

Murray studies the map intensely before rendering his

decision.

MURRAY

Yes, I concur.

PRINCE VALOR

So now that we have our route,

ummm, how are we going to defeat

the dragon?

MURRAY

Well again, legend has it there

are two ways to defeat the dragon.

One, ironically enough, is with

fire.

PRINCE VALOR

Wait, fire? But doesnt he breathe

fire?

MURRAY

Yes, thats why I said it was ironic.

Apparently he can breathe it, he

just doesnt like to feel it.

PRINCE VALOR

Whats the second way?

MURRAY

The other way to defeat him is with

the Sword of Alchemy.

PRINCE VALOR

(in awe)

The Sword of Alchemy? Whats that?

MURRAY

Its a special sword, its said to

have mystical powers.

Murray walks over to a bookcase and looks through the books

until he finds the one hes looking for.

He grabs the book, puts it on the table and opens it up.


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MURRAY

Theres a picture of it somewhere

in here.

Murray starts thumbing through the book until he finds a

page that shows the picture of the sword.

MURRAY

Here, here it is. Look.

Prince Valor takes a look at the picture of the sword.

Its a rather small sword but its very majestic with

jewels encrusted around the base.

PRINCE VALOR

(in awe)

Its beautiful!

(pauses)

So where is the sword?

MURRAY

Thats a mystery.

PRINCE VALOR

How come?

MURRAY

Up until recently, the sword was

guarded in the sacred CelestialTemple by three knights. But one

night it was stolen right from

the temple.

PRINCE VALOR

Where were the knights who were

guarding the sword?

MURRAY

They were there, the sword was

stolen right from under them.Whoever stole it was a very

cunning individual.

PRINCE VALOR

So how do we find the sword?

MURRAY

(thinking)

I dont know, I dont know.


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PRINCE VALOR

Maybe we should just with fire.

MURRAY

Maybe. But the fire will be

tricky. The dragon can easily

turn the fire against us.

PRINCE VALOR

Oh boy. This should be interesting.

MURRAY

It should.

PRINCE VALOR

So when should we leave?

MURRAY

We have no time, we have to leave

now.

PRINCE VALOR

(worriedly)

But its getting dark out.

MURRAY

Prince Valor, youre not acting

courageously. Every second we

wait means another second thatPrincess Adorable spends in that

dragons lair. Theres no telling

what might happen to her the longer

shes there.

PRINCE VALOR

Right, right. Well go tonight.

MURRAY

Good. Ill stock up on provisions.

PRINCE VALOR

Now, our first problem though.

MURRAY

Whats that?

PRINCE VALOR

How are we going to be able to get

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by the guards? Im not allowed to

leave the castle premises after

dark.

MURRAY

Dont worry, leave that to me.

LATER ON

LARGE HALLWAY IN THE CASTLE

A door opens in the hallway and out walks Prince Valor on

his tippy toes, trying his hardest not to make a sound. He

has a knapsack over his shoulder.

Prince Valor walks slowly and quietly down the hallway.

Murray comes up from behind him, wagging his tail.

PRINCE VALOR

(whispers)

Hey boy. So whats the plan?

MURRAY

(whispers)

Just follow me. Im going to

create a diversion.

Murray and Prince Valor continue walking down the hallway.

EXT. CASTLE COURTYARD NIGHT

Murray and Prince Valor hide by the front door of the

castle. They watch the front gate as it opens up slowly

and a group of guards march in.

MURRAY

(whispers)

Ill meet you by the bushes in

front of the lake right outside thecastle. Try your best to stay in

the shadows.

Once the guards march in, Murray runs out of the castle

while Prince Valor stays behind inside, still hiding from

view.


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Murray runs to the corner of the courtyard, away from the

castle and the front gate, and starts barking loudly and

furiously.

This catches the attention of three soldiers that are

guarding the front gate.

CASTLE GUARD #1

Hey, whats Murray barking at?

CASTLE GUARD #2

I dont know, lets check it out.

The three guards walk over to Murray to see what hes

barking at.

One of the guards gets down on his knee and starts petting

him.

CASTLE GUARD #1

Hey pal, hey boy. Whats the matter?

What are you barking at? Do you

see a rat?

As the guards are occupied with Murray, Prince Valor is in

the background slowly walking alongside a wall under the

cover of darkness.

He makes it out the front gate just as it begins to slowlystart closing.

CASTLE GUARD #1

Ahh boy? Do you see something?

Once Murray sees Prince Valor walk out of the front gate

from the corner of his eye, he stops barking.

CASTLE GUARD #2

He just stopped?

CASTLE GUARD #1

Ahhh, it mustve just been a shadow

or something.

(pauses)

Come on, lets go back to our post.

As soon as the three guards turn their backs to walk away,

Murray hightails it over to the front gate and goes under

it just as its about to close.


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CASTLE GUARD #2

Murray, would you like a doggy

biscuit?

The guard waits to hear a bark but theres only silence.

CASTLE GUARD #2

Murray?

The three guards turn around and dont see Murray anywhere.

CASTLE GUARD #2

Hey where did he go?

CASTLE GUARD #1

Ahhh, who knows. You know Murray,

he probably ran back into the castle

to eat.

CASTLE GUARD #2

That little dog is always hungry.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE CASTLES WALLS - NIGHT

Prince Valor is sitting behind a bush by a lake that is

sparkling under the moonlight.

Suddenly Murray comes running out of the darkness and into

Prince Valors open arms.

PRINCE VALOR

Hey boy! Good job boy! Good job!

Murray licks Valors face as the prince laughs then he

jumps around in his lap.

PRINCE VALOR

(laughs)

OK boy, OK. Stop it!

MURRAY

Sorry, I was excited.

Prince Valor stands up and takes a map out of his knapsack.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, thanks for getting us out of

the castle. Ill take it from

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here.

(points towards the

east)

Lets starting walking.

Prince Valor and Murray start walking around the lake, then

through an open field as they head to a large forest up

ahead.

EXT. OPEN FIELD NIGHT

Prince Valor and Murray are walking along a large open

field that is lit only by the moonlight.

As theyre walking, Murray hears something behind them in

the distance so he stops walking which makes the Prince

stop too.

MURRAY

Whats that?

PRINCE VALOR

What? Do you hear something?

MURRAY

I think so. Its coming from the

distance, behind us.

Murray and Prince Valor turn around and look.

MURRAY

Hear that?

PRINCE VALOR

Yeah, I do.

MURRAY

Its getting closer.

Suddenly the sky is filled with literally thousands of bats

and theyre flying right towards Prince Valor and Murray.

PRINCE VALOR

Bats!!!

The prince and Murray turn around and run as fast as they

can towards the forest which can provide them cover.


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The bats gets closer and closer to them as they run.

Prince Valor trips over a rock and falls down. Once he

falls hes surrounded by about 10-12 bats.

PRINCE VALOR

Oh no!

Murray, who is still running, turns his head and notices

that the prince has fallen.

He turns around and runs back to the prince. Once he gets

back to him, he jumps up a few times to scare the bats

away.

This gives the prince enough time to stand up.

PRINCE VALOR

Thanks Murray!

Once hes up, him and Murray continue running towards the

forest.

The bats have grown in numbers and are flying lower and

lower, closer to the prince and Murray.

EXT. FOREST NIGHT

As they get to the forests edge, they both hit the groundand land on their stomachs.

RPINCE VALOR

Get down!

The bats fly right into the trees of the forest and

disappear.

Once all the bats are gone, the prince and Murray stand up.

PRINCE VALORWhew! That was close.

MURRAY

I know.

The prince and Murray wipe the dirt off of themselves.


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PRINCE VALOR

Thanks for fighting off those bats

for me back there.

MURRAY

Thats what mans best friend is

for.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, well heres the forest.

MURRAY

Yep, this is the forest.

PRINCE VALOR

I guess we should, ahhh, go in.

MURRAY

Yeah, I guess we should.

Prince Valor and Murray stand at the dense forests edge

and think about going in.

PRINCE VALOR

It sure is dark in there.

MURRAY

I know. We need a torch or

something.

Prince Valor puts down his knapsack and takes out a

lantern.

PRINCE VALOR

Luckily I came prepared and brought

a lantern.

MURRAY

Great, now we just need to light

a fire for it. Im assuming youdont know how to light a fire?

PRINCE VALOR

Why would you say that?

MURRAY

Prince Valor, youre a prince.

Hence youre name. I cant imagine

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MURRAY (contd)

you know anything about roughing

it.

PRINCE VALOR

See Murray, thats where youre

wrong. My dad takes me camping

once a year during the summer.

Im quite adept at roughing it.

The prince takes a couple steps into the dense forest and

finds two sticks.

Then he steps back out to the edge of the forest, kneels

down and starts rubbing the two sticks together to create a

fire.

After a few seconds, the sticks begin to smolder then a

fire is created.

PRINCE VALOR

See it wasnt that hard.

MURRAY

I stand corrected. Im impressed.

The prince lights the lantern.

PRINCE VALOROK, lets go in.

The prince and Murray both take a deep breath then slowly

walk into the forest.

They walk along a small path that is surrounded by brush

and trees. Prince Valor is leading the way with the

lantern.

There are sets of spooky eyes showing up everywhere

intermittently within the darkness of the trees.After walking for a while, the prince finally gets the

feeling that someone or something is watching them.

PRINCE VALOR

Murray, I feel like were being

watched.

MURRAY

You think?


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PRINCE VALOR

Yes. You dont get that feeling?

Youre supposed to be the observant

one.

MURRAY

Its just your imagination; its

all in your head.

PRINCE VALOR

I supposed youre right.

The two continue to walk along the path as the spooky eyes

continue to follow them.

LATER ON

Prince Valor and Murray continue walking when suddenly they

both fall down a hole in the middle of the path. It was

covered with leaves and branches which is why they didnt

see it.

INT. HOLE

The prince and Murray fall down a hole that seemingly goes

on forever. Theyre both shouting out as they fall.

INT. CAVE

Finally they hit the ground hard. The prince hits first

then Murray lands on him.

PRINCE VALOR

Owww, that hurt.

MURRAY

Thats an understatement.

The two stand up and wipe off the dirt again.

PRINCE VALOR

My bum really hurts.

MURRAY

Im OK, actually.

PRINCE VALOR

Well you did land right on me.


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MURRAY

Yeah, your stomach provided me

with plenty of cushion.

PRINCE VALOR

Hey, my mom has me on a diet and

I exercise two times a day. Pretty

soon Im going to have abs of

steel. You watch.

MURRAY

I believe you.

The prince and Murray look around the dark cave. Valor

holds up the lantern and turns it in all directions to get

an idea of how big the cave is.

PRINCE VALOR

So what do you think this is?

MURRAY

I dont know, a cave of some sort.

How are we going to get out of

here?

Prince Valor looks at his map.

PRINCE VALOR

I dont know. This isnt on mymap.

MURRAY

I figured it wouldnt be.

As the prince moves the lantern around he sees an opening

in the corner.

PRINCE VALOR

I see a little opening over there.

Lets check it out.

Murray heads towards the opening first, followed by Prince

Valor.

They walk slowly down one corridor, then another one. The

corridors are lit by torches hanging on the wall.

As they walk into another corridor they see some old bones

scattered about.


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PRINCE VALOR

(worriedly)

Ummm, what are those?

MURRAY

Theyre bones.

PRINCE VALOR

Who do you think theyre from?

MURRAY

Its probably best if we dont

know. Its probably best if we

dont even think about it.

PRINCE VALOR

Im scared.

MURRAY

Theres nothing to be scared about.

The two walk into another corridor which leads to a big

room. Standing in the corner of the room is a huge, scary-

looking SPIDER.

MURRAY

OK, I think its time to be scared

now.

PRINCE VALOR

Oh my god, thats a big spider.

The spider is hissing at them as it walks back and forth on

the other side of the room.

MURRAY

Lets make a break for it.

As the prince and Murray try to run towards an exit in the

room, the slow moving spider suddenly sprints to blocktheir escape.

The two are blocked into a corner by the spider. The huge

spider comes right up to Prince Valors face and hisses

loudly in it. Drool from the spider hits the princes

head.


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After a few tense-filled seconds, Murray quickly grabs the

lantern from Valors hand, puts it in front of one of the

spiders legs and blows on the fire.

The fire temporarily spooks the spider which gives them

enough time to escape.

The prince and Murray run through corridor after corridor

to get away, but theyre closely followed by the spider who

is still hissing loudly.

The two take a quick turn into another corridor, as soon as

they turn they find that there is a web blocking the

pathway.

The prince and Murray get down on the ground and crawl

underneath the web to get to the other side.

As soon as they make it under, the spider scurries around

the corner into the corridor and immediately gets stuck in

the web. Hes unable to free himself.

The two stand up and look at the spider helplessly stuck in

the web, they are a mere inches away from him.

The spider tries to reach out its legs to grab them but to

no avail.

PRINCE VALORWhew! That was close.

MURRAY

You said it.

PRINCE VALOR

Lets find our way out of here

now.

The prince and Murray continue walking down corridors until

they come to a vine hanging from a hole high up.

PRINCE VALOR

Look, a vine.

MURRAY

Do you think its sturdy?

Valor gives the vine a hard tug.


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PRINCE VALOR

It seems pretty sturdy.

MURRAY

Ill go first to test it out.

PRINCE VALOR

You just want to go first so that

you have something soft to land

on in case we fall.

MURRAY

You got me.

Murray jumps up on the vine and climbs up it, hes followed

closely by Prince Valor.

EXT. FOREST NIGHT

They both climb all the way up the vine and out of the

hole.

As soon as theyre up, they lay down on the ground, clearly

exhausted.

PRINCE VALOR

Awww Murray, Im exhausted.

Theyre both breathing heavily, trying to catch theirbreath.

MURRAY

I guess Im not in as good of shape

as I thought.

Prince Valor stands up and tries to help Murray up.

PRINCE VALOR

Come on buddy, lets go. We have

a lot of ground to cover.

MURRAY

OK, Im up, Im up.

The two continue walking along the path further into the

forest.

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The prince and Murray come to a river that cuts right

through the middle of the forest.

MURRAY

This looks like a good place to

set up camp for the night. A good

water supply, a little bit of an

open, flat area for us to build

a fire.

PRINCE VALOR

I agree. Lets get to work.

Valor drops his knapsack on the ground and starts emptying

it out.

LATER ON

The two are sitting around a campfire by the waters edge.

The spooky eyes continue to pop up intermittently in the

darkness of the trees.

PRINCE VALOR

What do you know about this dragon?

MURRAY

Ive heard many stories about him.

PRINCE VALOR(intrigued)

Oh yeah? Like what?

MURRAY

Prince Valor, you dont want to

hear the stories.

PRINCE VALOR

Come on, yeah I do.

MURRAYWell, theres not much story to

tell. Just as youd think, the

dragon is evil, pure evil. Hes

been known to kidnap people from

the villages surrounding the castle.

He usually attacks at sundown or

at night under cover of darkness.


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PRINCE VALOR

What usually happens to them?

MURRAY

I dont know.

PRINCE VALOR

You dont know?

After a dramatic pause.

MURRAY

Theyre not heard from again.

PRINCE VALOR

Theyre not?

MURRAY

No, they disappear. They either

live the rest of their lives at

the dragons dungeon or worse.

PRINCE VALOR

(naively)

What could be worse than living

in the dungeon?

Murray thinks about explaining himself for a moment then he

decides to let it go.

MURRAY

Its late, lets get some sleep.

Valor and Murray sit quietly for a few seconds until Valor

breaks the silence.

PRINCE VALOR

How come no ones stopped the dragon

yet?

MURRAY

Come on prince, get some sleep.

PRINCE VALOR

Im not tired.

(pauses)

So how come no ones managed to

stop the dragon yet?


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MURRAY

Well, a couple of reasons. The

first one, in all honesty, is that

the dragon has usually kidnapped

lowly peasantspeople that the

king doesnt care about.

PRINCE VALOR

(interrupts)

Hey, thats my father youre talking

about.

MURRAY

I know, Im just telling you the

truth.

PRINCE VALOR

Fine.

MURRAY

This is the first time that the

dragon has ever captured a member

of the royal family. Hes getting

bold.

PRINCE VALOR

And whats the second reason?

MURRAYIts too dangerous. The dragon

lives all the way on the other side

of the kingdom in a fortress-like

castle. Its a dark, foreboding

place. Also hes got a dungeon

below his castle that offers him

extra protection too. And he can

fly too, which allows him to come

just as quickly as he goes; and

the sky gives him an automatic

escape route.

PRINCE VALOR

If its too dangerous, why do you

think we can do this?

MURRAY

Because we have the element of

surprise.


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PRINCE VALOR

OK.

MURRAY

And were small. If the dragon

is ever going to be confronted,

he thinks its going to come from

the kings army. Hes not thinking

that hed have to battle a tiny,

eleven year old prince and his dog.

Thus he wont be prepared for us.

We can sneak into his castle and

maybe we can even set the princess

free without him knowing.

PRINCE VALOR

I see.

MURRAY

Trust me we can do this.

PRINCE VALOR

I have faith. I believe now, I

know we can do this.

MURRAY

Good.

The prince and Murray sit quietly for a few more seconds,then Valor breaks the silence again.

PRINCE VALOR

What do you think we can expect

when we confront the dragon?

MURRAY

I dont know, but I can tell you

that the troubles we just had with

that spider down there will pale

in comparison with the trouble wecan expect from the dragon.

PRINCE VALOR

(sarcastically)

Oh great.

Prince Valor and Murray sit quietly on the ground until

they fall asleep.


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EXT. FOREST - MORNING

With the two still sleeping and the fire dead, a snake

slithers out of the trees of the forest, down the path and

over to their camp.

The snake slowly climbs up on Prince Valor, slithering all

around him.

Murray wakes up and, in his grogginess, hes startled to

notice a snake crawling around the prince.

Murray kicks the prince to wake him up, he doesnt budge so

he kicks him again, this time even harder.

The prince finally wakes up and screams immediately when he

notices a snake slithering around him.

PRINCE VALOR

Oh no!

MURRAY

Prince Valor, dont move.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats easy for you to say, you

dont have a python around your

neck.

MURRAY

Calm down, drama prince, its not

a python.

PRINCE VALOR

A snake is a snake to me. I order

you to do something about it!

MURRAY

OK, OK, let me think for a moment.

Murray looks around the campsite for ideas but cant figure

out a plan.

MURRAY

Hmmmm.

The snake starts slowly constricting around Prince Valor.


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PRINCE VALOR

(impatiently)

Hurry Murray!

MURRAY

Im thinking! Im thinking!

Murray sees a big branch on the ground by the path so he

runs over to it, grabs it in his mouth and runs back to

Valor.

He takes the branch and starts hitting the snake. A few

swings accidentally hit Prince Valor on the arm.

PRINCE VALOR

Owww, stop hitting me!

MURRAY

Sorry Prince, Im just trying to

get the snake off of you.

PRINCE VALOR

Well, hit him, not me.

The snake finally relinquishes his grip from Prince Valor

and slithers off of him.

Prince Valor grabs his throat and coughs.

MURRAY

Are you OK Prince Valor?

PRINCE VALOR

(coughing)

Yes, Im OK.

The snake slithers back down the path, when he gets to the

edge of the trees he turns and looks back at the prince and

Murray.

SNAKE

You didnt have to hit me with a

branch so many times. I have

feelings too you know.

(pauses)

You couldve just asked nicely to

get off.


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MURRAY

(perplexed)

Sorry.

PRINCE VALOR

(perplexed)

Yeah, ummm, sorry.

The snake heads back into the trees.


That was a little bit odd.

MURRAY

You got that right.

PRINCE VALOR

Lets pack up and continue on our

way.

MURRAY

How are we going to cross the

river? Its not like we have a

boat.

Prince Valor takes out his map and studies it for a bit.

PRINCE VALOR

Looking at my map, it looks likethe river thins out towards the

east. So lets just walk along

the river until it gets small

enough to walk across.

The prince and Murray start packing up their camp.

LATER ON ALONG THE RIVER

The two are walking along the river until they get to a

point where its only 15-20 feet across.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, I think this is the skinniest

part of the river. I think.

MURRAY

I wonder how deep it is.

Prince Valor surveys the river.


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PRINCE VALOR

Yeah, me too, especially since I

cant swim.

MURRAY

How come you dont know how to

swim again?

PRINCE VALOR

I dont know, I guess Ive just

been busy with my chess lessons

lately.

MURRAY

Ahhh, I see.

PRINCE VALOR

So, theres only one way to find

out how deep this river is.

Valor looks at Murray.

MURRAY

OK, fine. Once again mans best

friend to the rescue.

Murray sticks his paw into the river.

MURRAYOhhh, its a little chilly.

PRINCE VALOR

Come on buddy, get in there.

MURRAY

In a second. I have to get used

to the water temperature. Its

cold you know.

PRINCE VALOROK, when youre ready.

Murray takes a deep breath then gets into the river. He

swims across and stops half way.

PRINCE VALOR

Can you feel the ground?


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MURRAY

No, not really. Im going to see

how deep it is.

Murray sinks down into the water then he pops up after a

couple seconds.

MURRAY

Its about two and a half feet,

no more than three.

PRINCE VALOR

Good.

Prince Valor grabs his knapsack and gets into the water.

He screams out after feeling the coldness of the river.

PRINCE VALOR

(screams)

Owwww! Its cold!

MURRAY

I told you.

Murray continues treading water in the middle of the river

as he waits for the prince.

The prince slowly walks across the river. As the water

gets deeper, he holds his knapsack high over his head sothat it doesnt get wet.

Valor meets up with Murray in the middle of the river then

they head to the other side. Murrays leading the way

swimming as Valor continues walking behind him.

As soon as they get out on the other side of the river,

Murray shakes the water off of him.

Valor watches then mimics Murray by trying to shake the

water off of himself, to no avail.

PRINCE VALOR

Im soaked.

MURRAY

Im fine.


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PRINCE VALOR

Youre lucky. You can just shake

the water off your fur. I dont

have that luxury.

Murray turns around and sees that there is another forest

in front of them.

MURRAY

(sarcastically)

Oh great, another forest to go

through.

Prince Valor takes his map out and looks at it again.

PRINCE VALOR

Yeah, were only half way through

the forest. So lets get going!

The prince picks up his knapsack and runs into the forest

followed by Murray.

LATER ON IN THE FOREST

Prince Valor and Murray are walking along the path in a

particularly dense part of the forest.

Suddenly a bunch of tree branches behind them start to

shake.

Murray stands still to listen for it again.

MURRAY

Prince Valor, did you hear that?

PRINCE VALOR

I dont know, I dont think I heard

anything.

Prince Valor stops walking and looks around the forest withMurray.

The forest is silent.

PRINCE VALOR

See, it was nothing. Lets go.

The prince and Murray continue walking.


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After a few more paces, another set of branches shake.

Murray stands still again, looks into the forest and sniffs

around.

MURRAY

There it is again.

Murray focuses on a particular part of the forest. He sees

a shadowy figure hiding behind a few trees.

MURRAY

I think were being watched.

PRINCE VALOR

You think?

MURRAY

Yes. Over there, in the trees.

Prince Valor walks over to the trees to take a deeper look.

MURRAY

See it?

The prince eyes the shadowy figure in the trees.

PRINCE VALOR

Yeah, I think I see something.

Suddenly, the branches shake again as the prince stands

right in front of them.

This sudden movement scares Prince Valor and he runs back

into the middle of the path, behind Murray.

PRINCE VALOR

Theres something definitely in

there.

Murray goes sniffing up to the trees.

Once the prince regains his composure, he shouts out to the

shadowy figure.

PRINCE VALOR

(shouts)

Whoever is in there, come out now!

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I brought my attack dog and hes

not afraid to attack!

Murray looks back at Valor in a state of disbelief.

MURRAY

(whispers)

Really?

PRINCE VALOR

(whispers)

Shhh, just go with it.

Prince Valor waits for a response from the shadowy figure

for a few seconds, but all is quiet.

PRINCE VALOR

(shouts)

I mean it! Ill send my dog in

to get you out.

(whispers to Murray)

Murray, start barking. Act

threatening.

MURRAY

I dont know how threatening I can

be, but Ill try.

(pauses)Here it goes.

Murray starts barking at the trees but once again the trees

are quiet.

PRINCE VALOR

(shouts)

Im going to give you five seconds

to come out from behind the trees.

(pauses)

123.

Suddenly THEODORE, a big teddy bear looking creature,

slowly approaches from behind the trees.

THEODORE

OK, OK, but please do not release

your attack dog on me.


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Hes shaking, scared of being attacked by the dog, and

walks up to Prince Valor.

Murray watches Theodore very closely and follows him as he

walks over to Valor. He barks at him and nips at his

ankles.

PRINCE VALOR

Who are you?

THEODORE

(scared)

Im Theodore.

PRINCE VALOR

What are you doing here?

THEODORE

Well I live here.

Prince Valor still looks skeptically at him.

THEODORE

Please your majesty, please tell

your dog to stop.

PRINCE VALOR

Murray, heel!

Murray stops barking and stands at attention.

THEODORE

Thank you sir!

PRINCE VALOR

Im no sir. Im an eleven year

old boy.

THEODORE

Thank you your majesty.

PRINCE VALOR

Why are you calling me your majesty?

THEODORE

Because youre a prince.

PRINCE VALOR

How do you know Im a prince?


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Theodore points to an emblem on Prince Valors clothing.

THEODORE

Because of your royal emblem.

PRINCE VALOR

You recognize this?

THEODORE

Yes, Id recognize it anywhere.

Im pretty worldly when it comes

to things around the kingdom.

PRINCE VALOR

So you said your name is Theodore?

THEODORE

Thats right. I live out here in

the forest.

PRINCE VALOR

Wheres your family?

THEODORE

Sadly I dont have any family.

Im an orphan.

PRINCE VALOR

Why dont you have any family?

THEODORE

The humans came and captured them

one day. I was down by the river

taking a bath, thats why I wasnt

caught. I came back just in time

to see my mom, my two sisters and

my younger brother being led away

in ropes and chains. I never did

see what happened to my dad.

(pauses)I wish I was bigger because I

couldve done something then. I

felt so helpless. I watched them

get taken from me and I didnt do

anything about it.

PRINCE VALOR

Im sorry to hear that.


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THEODORE

Youre not here to capture me, are

you? Am I supposed to be another

trophy for the royal family?

PRINCE VALOR

No, not at all.

Theodore, who is relieved to hear that from Valor, wipes

the sweat off his brow and leans against a rock.

THEODORE

Whew, thats a relief.

(pauses)

So what brings you to these parts

of the forest? I dont ever see

humans around here. At least not

humans that just seem to be passing

by. And I definitely dont ever

see royalty.

PRINCE VALOR

Were going to save Princess

Adorable.

THEODORE

Ohhh dear, a princess is in trouble!

PRINCE VALORYes, she was taken by the evil

dragon from Gloomy Glen.

THEODORE

Ohhh, that sounds awful.

PRINCE VALOR

Yeah, so were going to rescue her.

Theodore looks at both Murray and Prince Valor.

THEODORE

Just you two?

PRINCE VALOR

Yes, just us.

THEODORE

Do you think youll be able to

handle that?


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THEODORE

Nope, Im ready.

MURRAY

I like it, low maintenance.

The three of them start walking along the path.

THEODORE

So how long have you been walking

for?

PRINCE VALOR

About a day.

THEODORE

How much longer do you think itll

take to get to the dragon.

PRINCE VALOR

Probably another day or so.

MURRAY

Were getting light on supplies

though.

PRINCE VALOR

Are we?

MURRAY

Yeah, I was looking through your

knapsack earlier today for a

biscuit. I didnt see that much

food left in there.

PRINCE VALOR

Ohhh, thats not good.

THEODORE

I know of a marketplace on theedge of the forest. We can go

there and resupply.

PRINCE VALOR

Great, lead the way.


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Valor and Murray start looking around for him.

SNUGGIE STAND

Theodore is in front of a stand being pitched to buy a

Snuggie by a VENDOR. The vendor is holding a Snuggie and

showing it to him.

SNUGGIE VENDOR

It keeps you warm during those pesky

cold winter nights in hibernation.

No longer do you have to gather up

leaves and branches for a makeshift

coat, you can just use this. And

the best thing is it has sleeves!

So when youre reading a book or

eating a bowl of porridge, you

dont have to worry about your

blanket falling off you.

THEODORE

It does look like its very practical.

Can I feel it?

SNUGGIE VENDOR

Yes, of course.

Theodore reaches out and feels the Snuggie.

THEODORE

Oh, it feels so soft.

SNUGGIE VENDOR

It is.

Prince Valor and Murray walk up behind Theodore.

PRINCE VALOR

There you are Theodore. What are

you doing?

THEODORE

Prince Valor, feel how soft this

Snuggie is!

Prince Valor feels the Snuggie just to make him happy.


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PRINCE VALOR

Yes, its very soft. Come on,

Theodore we dont have time for

silly things like this, we have

to go.

THEODORE

OK.

Prince Valor grabs Theodores arm and drags him away.

SNUGGIE VENDOR

Shall I wrap this up for you?

THEODORE

I guess not. I have to go.

CENTER OF THE MARKETPLACE

The three of them are standing in the marketplace looking

around.

Prince Valor notices a large stand with all types of goods

being sold at it. Theres a group of people standing

around it.

PRINCE VALOR

Lets go check out that stand over

there. It looks like they havesome good stuff.

Valor, Murray and Theodore walk over to

THE EVIL VENDORS STAND

The three are rifling through the different products on the

stand. Then the EVIL VENDOR, a very tall, slender,

menacing-looking middle-aged man, walks over to them.

The vendor towers over them from behind the stand. When hetalks, he even sounds scary.

EVIL VENDOR

Can I help you boys?

The evil vendor just stares at the three with a devilish

smirk on his face.


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PRINCE VALOR

(scared)

Ummm, were just looking for

right now.

EVIL VENDOR

OK, well, just remember

The vendor turns around and points to a sign hanging behind

him.

EVIL VENDOR (contd)

You break it, you buy it.

The vendor stares at the three for a few moments longer

then walks away.

THEODORE

Wow, hes scary.

MURRAY

I know.

THEODORE

Prince Valor, lets go. We can

shop somewhere else.

Prince Valor is still rifling through the stand.

PRINCE VALOR

No, wait. Theres a lot of good

stuff here though.

THEODORE

Maybe so, but this place gives me

the creeps.

PRINCE VALOR

Relax. Dont be such a nervous

Nelly. Everything will be justfine.

THEODORE

OK, I trust you.

Valor picks up an apple, studies it and then shows it to

Murray.


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PRINCE VALOR

See Murray. The vendor might be

a bit strange but he has really

good apples.

The vendor comes back over to Prince Valor.

EVIL VENDOR

Say, you look like youre dressed

in royal clothing.

PRINCE VALOR

(naively)

Well I am, Im Prince Valor.

EVIL VENDOR

(menacingly)

Ohhhh, a prince!

PRINCE VALOR

(naively)

Thats right, my dad is the King.

EVIL VENDOR

Ohhh how wonderful! I have the

kings very own son right in front

of me at my little stand. What a

special day!

The vendor stays quiet for a few moments as he thinks up a

plan.

EVIL VENDOR

Come, come to the backroom. I

have a lot of items for sale back

there that are not available to

the general public. Its the least

I can do for a prince.

The vendor walks over to the curtain behind the stand andopens it up to reveal a small room filled with food and

clothing.

EVIL VENDOR

Come young prince.

Prince Valor walks over to the curtain, hes followed by

Murray and Theodore.


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The vendor lets the prince in but he stops Murray and

Theodore.

EVIL VENDOR

Ohhh, this is a special room,

reserved just for VIPs like Prince

Valor. You two will have to wait

outside.

Prince Valor looks at Murray and Theodore to reassure them.

PRINCE VALOR

Its fine boys, Ill be OK.

Murray and Theodore walk back in front of the stand as

Prince Valor walks into the back room followed by the

vendor.

Once theyre in the room, the vendor closes the curtain

behind him.

EVIL VENDORS BACKROOM

Prince Valor is looking at all the products that are lining

the walls.

PRINCE VALOR

So can I buy anything back here?

EVIL VENDOR

(menacingly)

Prince Valor. Youre awfully far

away from home. Does your father

know youre here?

PRINCE VALOR

Ummm, not exactly.

EVIL VENDOR

He doesnt?

PRINCE VALOR

No.

EVIL VENDOR

Well what are you doing in these

parts of the kingdom?


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PRINCE VALOR

Im on a top secret mission.

EVIL VENDOR

Top secret? So mysterious. Whats

the mission?

PRINCE VALOR

I cant tell you. Its top secret.

The room fills with awkward silence for several moments

until its broken by the vendor.

EVIL VENDOR

Tell me. How much do you think the

king would pay for the safe return

of his son, the prince?

PRINCE VALOR

(confused)

What?

The vendor reaches behind his back and takes out a small

sword from his waistband.

EVIL VENDOR

I wonder how much youre worth to

the King.

Prince Valor is surprised to see that the sword is the

magical Sword of Alchemy.

PRINCE VALOR

(surprised)

The sword!

EVIL VENDORS STAND

Murray and Theodore are standing in front of the stand

waiting for Prince Valor to come out.

THEODORE

Whats taking Prince Valor so long?

MURRAY

I dont know. But while were

waiting we should at least load

up on supplies.


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Murray grabs a few empty bags from the counter. He keeps

two and gives one to Theodore.

MURRAY

Lets grab some stuff. Well pay

when they come out of the backroom.

Murray and Theodore start packing their bags with items

from the stand.

THEODORE

Theyre still in there. Im getting

worried, do you think we should

check it out?

MURRAY

Its probably a good idea.

Murray and Theodore put down their bags. Then Murray looks

around the stand to see if there is any common item that

they could use as a weapon.

He points to a small wooden bench sitting next to the

stand.

MURRAY

Here, break a leg off of that bench.

Theodore walks over to the bench, flips it over and breaksa leg off of it.

EVIL VENDORS BACKROOM

The evil vendor is blocking the exit as he holds his sword.

PRINCE VALOR

Where did you get that sword?

The vendor looks down at his sword.

EVIL VENDOR

Ohh, this little thing? It was a

present from my mom.

PRINCE VALOR

No it isnt, its the Sword of

Alchemy.


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EVIL VENDOR

So what if it is?

PRINCE VALOR

It doesnt belong to you.

EVIL VENDOR

You dont either, but thats not

going to stop me from taking you.

The evil vendor slowly walks towards Prince Valor with his

sword held high.

PRINCE VALOR

What?

Prince Valor backs up until hes in the corner of the room.

Once in the corner he sits down on the ground.

EVIL VENDOR

I wonder what the King would do

if I mailed him a finger or an

ear of his beloved son. Would he

pay whatever ransom I ask of him?

(pauses)

I think he would.

Prince Valor looks more scared as the vendor gets closer to

him.

Just as the evil vendor hovers right over him and grabs the

princes ear, Murray and Theodore come running into the

room.

Murray immediately attacks the evil vendor, biting his leg,

as Theodore hits him behind the other knee with the wooden

piece from the bench.

After Theodore hits him, he runs over to help the prince.

The vendor screams out in pain and drops the sword. He

tries to shake Murray off of him but to no avail, he has a

firm grip on his leg.

EVIL VENDOR

Get off me you stupid dog!

The vendor tries to swat the dog away but it doesnt faze

Murray.


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Theodore helps Valor stand up and rushes him towards the

exit.

Once at the exit, the prince turns back to Murray.

PRINCE VALOR

Murray, grab the sword, its the

Sword of Alchemy!

Murray releases the vendor then grabs the sword in his

mouth. All three of them run out of the backroom.

The vendor goes down on one knee to quickly re-cooperate

from his injury. He limps out of the room and tries to

chase the three of them.

Before running off, Prince Valor and Theodore collect the

bags that they left by the stand.

CENTER OF THE MARKETPLACE

Prince Valor, Murray and Theodore run through the middle of

the busy marketplace. Theyre dodging all the other

shoppers, bobbing and weaving and jumping over and crawling

under things when necessary.

Murray is still running with the sword in his mouth.

The evil vendor is chasing them but since hes limpingaround hes far behind.

THEODORE

Is he still chasing us?

Prince Valor turns to look behind him to see where the

vendor is.

PRINCE VALOR

Hes still back there, buthes

getting farther and farther away.(pauses)

Keep running!

The three off them finally make it out of the marketplace

and run off into an open field.

Several seconds later, the evil vendor makes it to the edge

of the marketplace too.


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Very exhausted, he leans up against a small shack to catch

his breath. He is breathing very heavily.

The vendor watches as Valor, Murray and Theodore run

through the open field. Theyre getting further away with

each passing second.

EVIL VENDOR

Youre lucky kid. Very lucky.

EXT. OPEN FIELD DAY

The three are still running as fast as they can.

Prince Valor looks back behind him again and notices that

the evil vendor is not chasing them anymore, so he stops

running.

PRINCE VALOR

OK boys, we can stop. Hes gone.

With that, Murray and Theodore stop running as well. All

three are out of breath and breathing heavily.

Murray finally drops the sword from his mouth.

MURRAY

Thats a relief.

PRINCE VALOR

We got it Murray! We got the sword

of Alchemy!

MURRAY

Unbelievable, what are the chances.

PRINCE VALOR

I dont know and I dont care. Im

just happy that we got it.

THEODORE

Whats so special about this sword?

PRINCE VALOR

This sword will help us defeat the

dragon. This is the only kind of

sword with the power to be able

to do that.


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Theodore takes a closer look at the sword and picks it up.

THEODORE

So it has magical powers?

MURRAY

You could say that.

Murray looks around the open field.

MURRAY

So, where are we?

Prince Valor takes his map out and looks at it.

PRINCE VALOR

Im not exactly sure. This area

isnt called out on the map.

Valor takes out a compass, lifts it up in the air then

points in a direction.


But according to my compass, we

should continue heading this way,

east.

Murray puts the sword back in his mouth and he continues

walking in the open field along with Prince Valor andMurray.

LATER ON IN THE OPEN FIELD

The three come upon a steep hill at the end of the open

field.

PRINCE VALOR

I think well have to navigate

this hill since this is the

direction were supposed to headin. It doesnt look like theres

any other way.

MURRAY

Its awfully steep.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats OK buddy, jump on my back.

Ill give you a ride.


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Murray jumps on Prince Valors back and he and Theodore

walk up the hill.

Once they make it to the top of the hill, they look out and

are in awe to see a large savanna for as far as the eye can

see.

Murray climbs off of Valors back and all three of them

stand next to each other in silence.

THE GREAT SAVANNA

The grassy plains are filled with groups of lions and cubs

playfully running around, giraffes feeding from trees,

hippos staying cool in a shallow lake, zebras walking

around in their herds and monkeys swinging from tree to

tree.

THEODORE

(in awe)

Whoa. What is this place?

Prince Valor takes out his map and looks at it again.

PRINCE VALOR

Well, according to my map this is

the Great Savanna.

THEODORE(in awe)

Its amazing.

PRINCE VALOR

Look at all the animals. Theres

giraffes

THEODORE

Ohhh, theres some zebras over

there

PRINCE VALOR

Those hippos have the right idea,

cooling themselves down in the lake.

THEODORE

The little lion cubs are cute.


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PRINCE VALOR

And look at those monkeys swinging

from the trees.

THEODORE

Theyre all looking like theyre

having so much fun. I want to

play with them.

Theodore runs down the hill.

PRINCE VALOR

Wait Theodore, hold up!

Theodore doesnt listen and continues running, hes

followed by Prince Valor and Murray.

PRINCE VALOR

Theodore!

Once Theodore gets into the grassy plains he starts

playfully running with a group of zebras. Hes laughing as

he tries to keep up with them.

THEODORE

Weeee! Weeee!

Prince Valor and Murray try their best to keep up with

Theodore but hes a faster runner.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, OK, zebras are fine. Just

stay away from the cubs. They

may be cute but their parents

certainly are not.

The zebras speed up and run off, leaving Theodore behind.

He stands there and watches them run off.

THEODORE(disappointedly)

Awww, come back friends!

With Theodore standing still, this allows Valor and Murray

to catch up to him.

They are both hunched over, simultaneously out of breath

but still breathing heavily.


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THEODORE

Are you OK?

MURRAY

(coughing)

Theodore, what are you doing?

THEODORE

What?

MURRAY

You couldve gotten hurt.

THEODORE

I was just trying to have some

fun.

PRINCE VALOR

Theodore, try to keep in mind our

goal. Were out here to find the

dragon, to find the princess. We

cant be wasting time running

around with zebras.

Theodore is embarrassed that Prince Valor scolds him so he

looks down at the ground when he answers.

THEODORE

(ashamed)Youre right, Im sorry.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats OK, Theodore. Just try to

stay with us from now on.

THEODORE

You got it Prince Valor.

PRINCE VALOR

OK, lets carry on.

The three of them walk through the grassy plains past a

bunch of gazelles grazing, koala bears sitting in a tree,

cubs running around, wildebeests roaming about and vultures

flying overhead.

Prince Valor looks up to the see vultures flying over them.


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PRINCE VALOR

Hey little guy, whats your name?

The young elephant is startled by Prince Valor and runs a

few yards away.

PRINCE VALOR

Hey friend, I didnt mean to startle

you.

The elephant walks back to his spot as soon as he settles

down.

PRINCE VALOR

So whats your name?

MR. ELEPHANT

(proudly)

Im Mr. Elephant!

PRINCE VALOR

(perplexed)

Mr. Elephant?

MR. ELEPHANT

Thats right.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats funny.

MR. ELEPHANT

How so?

PRINCE VALOR

Such a formal name for such a young

mammal.

MR. ELEPHANT

Ive always been really small in

life so my mom thought that bynaming me Mr. Elephant I could

gain the respect that I couldnt

get through my size.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats nice.


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MR. ELEPHANT

Yeah, my friends used to kid me

and call me a dwarf but my mom

always made me feel better by

saying that my unique size made

me Gods special gift to her.

PRINCE VALOR

Thats so sweet, I know exactly

how you feel Mr. Elephant. I

get picked on by the kids at

school because of my size too.

THEODORE

(surprised)

You get picked on too Prince

Valor?

PRINCE VALOR

You sound surprised?

THEODORE

I just wouldnt expect that a

prince such as yourself would

be picked on by other kids.

PRINCE VALOR

It doesnt matter who you are

though, kids will pick on anyonethey think is different from

them.

MR. ELEPHANT

Isnt that the truth.

PRINCE VALOR

So Mr. Elephant, where is your

mom now? Its quite unusual to

see an elephant, such as yourself,

away from the herd.

MR. ELEPHANT

My mom is dead.

PRINCE VALOR

(shocked)

Shes dead? But youre so young?!?

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